Your yellow lid bin is your recycling bin, you can put items like paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and containers, glass bottles and jars, and metal cans in it.
Please see below for further information about what you can and can’t put into this bin.
Collected: Fortnightly (every second week).
You can put these items in your recycling bin:
The materials below are not accepted in your recycling bin.
Placing the correct items in your recycling bin makes sure more of your recycling can become new things.
The Bin Feedback Program
The Bin Feedback Program gives residents information on their recycling efforts. The program aims to help residents recycle right and care for the environment and each other by:
Increasing recycling knowledge: Knowing what can and can’t go in your recycling bins can seem confusing at times. We’ll provide you with tailored feedback and support to help you learn what items can and can’t go in your bins so you feel more empowered to use your bins correctly and recycle right.
Reducing contamination: Contamination occurs when an incorrect item is put in the bin. Just one heavily contaminated bin could cause an entire truckload of recycling to be sent to landfill. By putting the right items in the bin, we can help ensure accepted items can be recycled rather than being sent to landfill.
Keeping everyone safe: Incorrect items need to be removed by hand at sorting facilities and this can put workers at risk of injury. Some items are also hazardous, such as batteries and electronic items. Putting these items in your bin could cause smouldering or fires in the collection truck, at sorting facilities or in landfill which would put the public, and workers, in an unsafe environment.
If you would like to discuss any feedback you have received through the program, or would like more information about the program, contact environment@brimbank.vic.gov.au
What happens next?
What happens after your recycling bin has been collected? Watch this short video to find out.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about your recycling bin, you can reach us at by email or 03 9249 4000.
